RootsTech 2020 is just a couple months away (February 26 – 29). If you are planning to attend and have not registered yet, it’s not too late to get in on a special discount. Use promo code RT 2020 for a reduced rate. Currently, this promotion will go until December 31 so don’t wait too… Read More RootsTech 2020
Since President Nelson was sustained as the president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, we have seen changes in a number of the programs and activities of the church. These changes are designed to move us to a higher level, change who we are, and help us prepare for the second coming… Read More New Focus at the Granite Family History Center
It doesn’t seem that long ago that we were just attending and talking about RootsTech 2019 here in Salt Lake City. But…., now it’s time to start planning to attend RootsTech 2020. This four-day event dedicated to celebrating family and discovering family histories will be held February 26-29 at the Salt Palace in Salt Lake… Read More RootsTech 2020
My mother died in a car accident when I was two years old. She was the youngest of eight children born to my grandmother. By 1955, my grandmother had buried her husband, three babies, and two adult children, one of them being my mother. As a little girl, I would go to the nearby cemetery with… Read More Don’t Forget the Babies!!!
Recently I was reflecting on the many blessings that have come into my life since being called to serve at the Granite Family History Center over a year ago. At the time I was called I was both overwhelmed and surprised that the Lord would want me to serve in a calling I knew so… Read More How the Granite Family History Center Has Blessed My Life
In 1934, my father, Herbert Hamilton Frost, was only a 17-year-old teenager living in New York City when his mother suggested he search for his English roots. Herbie’s parents were both immigrants—Mary Anne (Mollie) Hamilton came from County Down, Ireland, while Herbert Sr. immigrated from Stoke by Clare, Suffolk. Mollie had been called as the… Read More Teenager Finds His Lost Grandmother
Editor’s Note: The following article was originally published by Bonnie Mattson on “The Family History Guide” blog site and is used by permission. Years ago I went to my first BYU Family History and Genealogy Conference and one of the speakers said, “If you want to find your ancestors, do other people’s research!” There was… Read More Are You Giving the Gift of Family History?
For decades, George Wise reigned supreme as the family history enigma. He was the great-grandfather that I never met; the grandfather that my mother knew only by name; and the father that my grandmother had not seen since childhood. Grandma’s parents divorced when she was a child and her mother moved with her from Indiana… Read More Finding George (A Hundred Million Miracles)
The Granite Family History Center is here to help assist those in our area with family history. We would love to hear from you about how you feel we are doing and how we can better serve you and your family. Please take a very short (estimated 2 minutes) survey to share your insights with… Read More Tell Us How We Can Help
When my children were young, they loved to have my wife and I read or tell stories to them before they went to bed at night. With eight children, I have read a lot of children’s bedtime books. I found myself often amused by the many fictional stories that many times contained meaningful messages. I… Read More A Gold Mine of Stories at Your Fingertips